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Stacey Woods PhotographyMy fabulous friend, Stacey Woods, is an incredible photographer specializing in maternity, newborn, and children photographs. She has also taken some amazing shots of our delicious gourmet cookies that will make your mouth water!!

Hallmark DevelopmentThis is one of our satisfied corporate clients. and we really enjoy working with this stellar group. Hallmark Development of Florida is a diversified real estate development firm founded 43 years ago by Daniel Engelhardt. It has developed roughly 630,000 square feet of office and service-center space with nearly 160 tenants at the Airport Business Center near the St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport on 140th Avenue North in Clearwater.
Currently, Hallmark is building Pinellas County's first privately owned LEED office building. When complete, this 25,290-square-foot building will be the international headquarters for The Moorings/Sunsail.

Confetti EventsJamie & Laurie are two of the most creative girls I know. Event planners extraordinaire, you will be amazed and inspired by their ideas and talent. I've enjoyed getting to know them, and have loved working with them. I hope you'll check them out for your next event!

Dreaming Giggles DesignYou will love Patti's talent and her fabulous creations!! All of her items are custom designed, and working with Patti is a great experience.

Finicky Window CleaningYou will love John & Jesse, owners of this business, and will be amazed with their work! These people know how to do windows, and do it right! Plus, customers receive Kookie Krums cookies with the Finicky logo on them . . . a yummy reason to have your windows washed today!

Blogs I Follow

Two Shades of PinkMy gorgeous new friend, Jessica, has an amazing story of her journey to motherhood, and daily chats about her life in the trenches. You'll laugh out loud, and sometimes cry as you read; I love her perspective on life!!

Mom2DrewMy incredibly sweet friend Jenny writes about life with her little boy (who is also incredibly sweet and very cute!). A totally different perspective than those of us with girls, although she does have a baby girl on the way! I always find her posts encouraging. I know you will too.

Bring the RainFor those of you who have ever lost a child, or know someone who has, this blog is incredible. Having lost four babies myself, giving birth to one and knowing her for a brief four hours before she died, I can tell you every sentiment, every feeling, every sentence is absolutely true. From mourning to dancing, this blog will completely bless you.

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Party & Party Favor Ideas

June 27, 2011

We were so excited to have the opportunity to be a part of making William's first birthday a special occasion. William's mama sent us the invitation for his party, and we made photo cookies to match the invite.

The cookies were arranged in a bouquet that adorned the table where guests could sign in and write their birthday wishes for William.

Happy, Happy First Birthday, William! Here's to a lifetime of special birthday memories!

May 13, 2011

Usually I'm a little hesitant to do black and white photos on cookies. What can I say, I'm just a bright color kind of girl. These cookies, however, turned out AdoRaBLe!

They were favors given at a fundraiser dinner, and were placed at each person's place setting. The table was decorated with black, white, and lime, so these cookies complimented those colors perfectly.

May 10, 2011

I had the privilege recently of doing the dessert table for the talent show & silent auction at my daughter's school. Cookies, brownies, and cake pops were the order of the night.

A big tray of cookies is always popular.

The cake pops, though, proved to be worthy competition.

Our now-famous sea salt brownies made an appearance too.

However, as soon as intermission was announced, everyone descended on the dessert table. I think I maybe had time to say, "Hi, yes, these are all from Kookie Krums," and woosh! Everything was gone. Sixty seconds is probably being generous! What fun to see so many people in one place enjoying our delicious treats!

And so fun to watch my six year old march confidently up on the stage and sing her heart out. I love her.

September 27, 2010

I had the wonderful opportunity to be involved with a baby shower this past weekend. Not just any baby shower, this was a shower celebrating two very long awaited gifts. Sweet twin baby boys, who found their forever families and were adopted recently. We decided to theme the shower, "the perfect pair."

Guests were given pear shaped name tags when they came in. They also got a paper to answer some questions about the family's adoption experience. The questions were posted on pairs of pears throughout the room.

Diaper cakes graced the tables as centerpieces, all with a "pair" of something attached to them - bottle brushes, teethers, rattles, etc.

We made cake pops for the kids - although many of the adults enjoyed them as well! They looked absolutely adorable in the flower pots!

I just have to show you these balloons . . . aren't they fantastic?! Each family had their picture taken by the balloons, then wrote a note to the family. The notes will be placed in a scrapbook with each family's picture next to it for a special keepsake.

A special party, for a special family. Congratulations on your forever family . . . we wish you a world of happiness!

September 16, 2010

To answer all of the questions in one spot - here we go. Yes, I made everything for Hailey's birthday party. Yes, everything did have to be about bowling, as that was the theme of the party. Yes, I do make invitations for people, in fact, I can do the entire package for you. No, it was not overwhelming, and yes, I loved every minute of it. Yes, I did think our shirts were one of the best accessories of the party. And yes, I do know that I can get carried away. But I love it that way.

It started with the invitation. I'll have to come back and add a picture of the invite, because I sent all of mine out and didn't think to make an extra one for the archives. As usual. Anyway, I decided on a pink, black, and white theme for the bowling party.

A wonderful friend of my aunt's made Hailey's shirt for the party. Dr. Karen is into everything bling. And I mean everything. Hailey thought her closet was like Disneyworld. Sparkly shoes, sparkly clothes, sparkly jewelry, sparkly tiaras - she has it all, and she does it all! If you're looking for anything along the lines of bling, let me know. I can have you blinged in no time flat. The front of her shirt had an adorable little bowling design on it, with rhinestones accents.

The back of her shirt had her name in rhinestones, and then a number six, because she was six. Of course. Isn't it fabulous?!

Of course, I got so excited over Hailey's shirt that I wanted a party shirt too. Dr. Karen gave me the quick tutorial on how to make a shirt, and then let me have at it. So fun, and so me.

Then we had the dessert table. I had decided that I would make all of the desserts, instead of ordering a cake. Why order a cake when you own a cookie store, right?! Well, I mean, unless you really are in need of a cake. Our dessert menu consisted of cupcakes, bowling ball cookies, and cake pops.

I made the dessert display from a piece of wood, some scrapbook paper, and some white foam balls. I had my hubby paint the foam balls to look like bowling balls, and we attached them to the wood frame. The cookies were decorated to look like pink bowling balls.

The cake pops were a huge hit! We had both strawberry and chocolate, some dipped in milk chocolate, and some dipped in white chocolate. They were all covered in either sprinkles or cookies & creme toppings. I was amazed at the number of kids that chose a cake pop over a cupcake. I was also amazed at the number of kids that chose one of everything. But hey, they weren't coming home with me!

I had two cupcake displays on either side of the bowling balls, so it was like sugar heaven when the kids walked in and saw ALL. THESE. SWEETS.

The party favors were absolutely adorable, I have to say, even if I did make them. They were little paper boxes, filled with a ring pop and a few silly bands, and tied up with a cute ribbon. The tag on the front was a bowling ball (probably no need to clarify that at this point) with a note in the middle that said "thanks for coming to my party."

Would you love to have a party with all of these details, but don't feel you're creative, or just don't want to spend the time putting it together? That's what we're here for! You can order this entire package from the shop, in any combination of colors. And yes, we go overboard like this for our customers too. Of course we do.

August 11, 2010

This was such a fun baby shower to be part of! Grandma-to-be, who was also hosting the shower, found these adorable mini flower pots at Michael's on sale. She wanted to incorporate these into the favors, which was a great idea. I love, love, love when you find something that jumps out at you, at a fantastic price, and just works to develop a party around it!

She wanted to do cookies for the party favors, but also wanted a nice centerpiece for the gift table. Great way to take care of multiple needs with one item. A cookie bouquet looks great as a centerpiece, and works perfectly for guests to pull a cookie for their favor on their way out. The flower pot then makes a lovely keepsake for the guest of honor.

We decided to make baby onesies for the cookies. They needed to match the flower pots that were also being used for favors, as well as the primary color theme of the shower. We frosted the onesies in various colors, then in alternating colors added a little flower in the middle of the neckline. The baby's name is "Kendal," so we added that beneath the flower.

The hostess decided to do some other flavors of cookies as well, so there would be a variety with the sugar. We used royal frosting, and piped flowers onto the other flavors of cookies as well. Did you notice the "K" in the center of each of the flowers?!

I absolutely love how this turned out, I thought it was absolutely precious. Congratulations, Kendal's family! We are excited with you to welcome this sweet baby into the world!

July 28, 2010

We were excited to design a cookie favor for a wedding shower for Daniele and Taylor. Not only are they celebrating their wedding, but also a baby on the way!! A lot of excitement for one party! The hostess asked for their names, three hearts, and something to symbolize the baby. We printed an image on edible rice paper, with two hearts entertwined, and a smaller heart above the two, with the couple's name arched above the hearts. Then we included a little stork with a pink bundle for the baby. The thing I love about the printed images is that you can add a lot of detail to the design. We then added a border around the image with pink frosting. Congratulations, Daniele & Taylor! Here's to a lifetime of love and happiness!

July 02, 2010

We made these baby stroller cookies as party favors for a baby shower. Fortunately for the hostess, mom-to-be decided on a name before the shower, so we were able to put the baby's monogram on the cookies. Surrounded by people with taste like this, it looks like she'll be one stylin' baby!

July 01, 2010

How festive is this display?! I love the mix of red, white, and blue. Just making these bows makes me feel completely patriotic. With all of the parties for the Fourth this weekend, this is just what you need! Wouldn't a hostess love to see you coming with this adorable container filled with cookies galore?! This is our special of the week, so give us a call if we can put one together for you!